"API result did not pass validationField level validation errors" repeats every minute

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• No backup or restore failure is seen.
• Manager log file /var/log/syslog will contain entries like:

2023-05-27T23:40:52.926+09:00 nsxm0 NSX 5813 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" level="WARNING" reqId="44bbe10f-279f-####-####-###########" subcomp="manager" username="appliance-management"] API result did not pass validationField level validation errors: {required property total_steps is missing}, {required property backup_timestamp is missing}, {required property id is missing}

2023-05-27T23:41:52.924+09:00 nsxm0 NSX 5813 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" level="WARNING" reqId="bc28635e-2f8b-####-####-###########" subcomp="manager" username="appliance-management"] API result did not pass validationField level validation errors: {required property total_steps is missing}, {required property backup_timestamp is missing}, {required property id is missing}

2023-05-27T23:42:52.924+09:00 nsxm0 NSX 5813 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" level="WARNING" reqId="b7f462a2-af77-####-####-###########" subcomp="manager" username="appliance-management"] API result did not pass validationField level validation errors: {required property total_steps is missing}, {required property backup_timestamp is missing}, {required property id is missing}

2023-05-27T23:43:52.924+09:00 nsxm0 NSX 5813 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" level="WARNING" reqId="1a81ec11-7dfc-####-####-###########" subcomp="manager" username="appliance-management"] API result did not pass validationField level validation errors: {required property total_steps is missing}, {required property backup_timestamp is missing}, {required property id is missing}

2023-05-27T23:44:52.925+09:00 nsxm0 NSX 5813 - [nsx@6876 comp="nsx-manager" level="WARNING" reqId="de30296f-ef4c-####-####-###########" subcomp="manager" username="appliance-management"] API result did not pass validationField level validation errors: {required property total_steps is missing}, {required property backup_timestamp is missing}, {required property id is missing}

 

Environment

VMware NSX-T Data Center
VMware NSX-T Data Center 3.x

Cause

• Required field constraint for restore status response is incorrectly set due to bug.
• This warning message repeats because restore status check runs every minute in manager.

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 3.2.0, available at Broadcom downloads.

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Workaround:

No workaround. We can safely ignore these warning messages if no backup or restore failure is seen.